Ted, I know that these things cannot happen overnight, but you also can't force it upon a nation that is not prepared for such a change, because there will be much suffering for a long time. Once the islamic state is established - even if in a democratic election - it's almost impossible to make any progress. The western politicians and their army of analysts know that very well. Yet, they bombed them into "democracy", but interestingly enough they don't have nothing to say against Saudi Arabia, Bahrain etc. Quite the opposite, those countries belonog i.e. to the group "Friends of Syria". You see how hypocritical the US and the EU are?

@svenja. Thank you. These things great things cannot happen overnight, it is the smallest movements in a Swiss watch that make it work so well. Democracy is an infinite process, it depends on those within that are willing to protect and persevere in its process. Transparency is not everything, parents lie to their children sometimes to protect them, Churchill said that it is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also important to be right. Assange is careless with truth. Life is all a matter of judgement.

"Obama is a good man, America a good nation and the only one out of the big 3 to help man around the world to progress and to allow equal opportunity in due course. A sustained campaign by Assange makes me suspicious of what his true goals are. I think most can agree with this. 2013 will be a year somebody falls off their perch."


T ec, America is the only one out of big 3 nation which is starting wars in other countries. Did the wars bring democracy to Afghanistan and Iraq? Or do you really believe that democracy is something  reduceable to the right to vote? What about human rights like gender equality which all those "Arab Spring" countries are losing now? I mean, Hitler was also democratically elected, but what came afterwards had nothing to do with democracy.

However, I agree with you that Assange is not to be trusted, but for reasons I mentioned in my previous post (he just like the US is proud of bringing "democracy" to Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Syria). I also share your opinion that "2013 will be a year somebody falls off their perch."